Varanasi panchang, 11 January 2027
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 08:54 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:34 – 15:17
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 09:28
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 17:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:38
- Karana Gara until 09:28, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:34 – 15:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:38 – 17:57 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:32 – 11:29 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 14:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:53 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:05 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:05 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 19:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:05 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:05 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:46 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:19 NowSun
- 11:12 NowVenus
- 12:05 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:52 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:52 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:05 NowSun
- 01:12 NowVenus
- 02:19 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:03 Sagittarius
- 07:03 – 08:48 Capricorn
- 08:48 – 10:19 Aquarius
- 10:19 – 11:47 Pisces
- 11:47 – 13:25 Aries
- 13:25 – 15:23 Taurus
- 15:23 – 17:36 Gemini
- 17:36 – 19:54 Cancer
- 19:54 – 22:08 Leo
- 22:08 – 00:21 next day Virgo
- 00:21 – 02:37 next day Libra
- 02:37 – 04:54 next day Scorpio
- 04:54 – 06:46 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method